The study by the Stress Research Institute of Stockholm University followed 2,755 employed men who had not suffered any heart attacks from 1992 to 2003. At the end of the study, 47 participants had either suffered an attack, or died from heart disease, and many of those had been found to be 'covertly coping' with unfair treatment at work.

Assistant Climate Change Minister Greg Combet said the revised scheme was economically and environmentally credible. 'This is a deal for this week,' said Mr Combet, pressuring opposition parties to back the revised carbon laws after rejecting the original scheme in parliament earlier this year.

Researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle found that on average children at center-based programs watch an average of about 0.4 hours of television a day, while those in home-based programs watch 2.4 hours a day.

Mario, the pot-bellied Italian plumber with a penchant for rescuing princesses, collecting golden coins and gobbling magic mushrooms, has been around for nearly three decades. And even though he has not changed much, the latest game he stars in, the newly released 'The New Super Mario Bros Wii' priced at US$50 (S$63.33), is one of the holiday season's top titles.

The computer-generated map, based on topographic data from Nasa satellites, also shows that the network of valleys on the red planet is at least twice as extensive as previously estimated.

The sentences, ranging from 32 to 51 months in prison, were handed down by US District Judge Marianne Battani in federal court in Detroit, the department said in a statement.

The virus has been detected in the Netherlands and can only attack iPhones whose users have disabled some pre-installed security features, according to analysts monitoring the progress of the virus, known as the Duh Worm.

The financial terms of Google's purchase of the San Mateo, California-based Teracent were not disclosed. Google said the transaction is expected to close this quarter.

In a statement, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) said two beams circulating simultaneously led to collisions at all four detection points during the afternoon and evening.

The walk, delayed by an hour so that the seal of the water bag inside astronaut Robert Satcher's space suit could be fixed, wrapped up at 1906 GMT (5.06am Singapore time) for a total of five hours 42 minutes.

A senior Obama administration official told reporters on Monday that Washington would make clear in the 'next several days' what it planned to put on the table at the talks, and a greenhouse gas emissions goal - in line with proposals in the US Congress - would be included.

Now, a small company is hoping it can make millions of dollars by creating a vaccine for people who want to kick the habit. Nabi Biopharmaceuticals of Rockville, Maryland, which is in the late stages of testing its experimental vaccine, took a big step towards its goal last week by striking a deal with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline.